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What is a metaphor?
Definitions of metaphor on the Web:
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
A figure of speech "in which one thing, idea, or action is referred to by a word or expression normally denoting another thing, idea, or action, so as to suggest some common quality shared by the two. ... writing2.richmond.edu/jessid/eng216/216terms.html
A comparison which imaginatively identifies one thing with another dissimilar thing, and transfers or ascribes to the first thing (the tenor or idea) some of the qualities of the second (the vehicle or image). ... classiclit.about.com/library/bl-terms/bl-lit-glossary-m.htm
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making a comparison, as in "She is an angel on the platform". www.publicspeakingcourse.com/glossaryk-o.htm
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common; unlike a simile, a metaphor does not contain the words like or as (ie, in the evening of life) www.thinkport.org/5d8dadfd-d99a-4295-88ce-ca8a39e449ff.asset
A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. ... www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903237.html
an implied comparison between two unlike objects or things where one object is stated to be the other object sb169.k12.sd.us/Definitions.htm
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What is a metaphor?
Definitions of metaphor on the Web:
kmhs.typepad.com/parrott_ap_english_langua/files/rhetorical_terms.doc
writing2.richmond.edu/jessid/eng216/216terms.html
ks.hinuch.net/web/katza/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA+%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%99+%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94/Literary+Terms/
classiclit.about.com/library/bl-terms/bl-lit-glossary-m.htm
www.publicspeakingcourse.com/glossaryk-o.htm
www.thinkport.org/5d8dadfd-d99a-4295-88ce-ca8a39e449ff.asset
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903237.html
sb169.k12.sd.us/Definitions.htm
www.sd67.bc.ca/teachers/cterris/Short%20Story%20-%20Literary%20Terms.doc
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